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Article 6: Development Standar 4 <br /> Section 6.6:Additional Standards for Overlay Distric s <br /> located at the front of lots if rear access is proposed and <br /> feasible. <br /> (2) In order to manage access on public streets, sites which include new <br /> construction or additions increasing the square footage of a building .y more <br /> than 50% should be permitted no more than one entrance and exi •oint unless <br /> justified by: <br /> (a) site configuration; <br /> (b) trip generation; <br /> (c) traffic conditions, including the need for separate .ervice and <br /> visitor/employee vehicular access, and/or one- ay traffic movement; or <br /> d) other factors. <br /> (3) In a-site accessibility should be provided. Vehicle- should not be required to <br /> ent; the public street in order to move from one :rea to another on the same <br /> site. <br /> (a) ' his standard applies to new constr tion or additions that increase the <br /> s. are footage of a building by mo e than 50% of the existing square <br /> foo :ge. <br /> (4) On all corner lets, no vehicular openin; shall be located closer than 60 feet from <br /> the point of inte .ection of the street ght-of-way lines. <br /> (5) Driveway entrance /exits shall not -xceed 36 feet in width measured at the <br /> property line; howev:r, in instan -s where parking lots serve tractor/trailer traffic, <br /> the driveway entrance -xit may .e increased to 40 feet in width. <br /> (6) Exits for parking facilities o aining more than 36 parking spaces shall contain <br /> holding lanes for left-turnin2 and right-turning traffic unless the Planning Director <br /> determines that due to th- p• sical features of a site, holding lanes would be <br /> unsafe and should not r.e req ' ed. <br /> (7) All driveway entranc: must hav_ an approved NCDOT driveway permit and <br /> must be paved to DOT standar. from the edge of the existing roadway <br /> pavement to the : isting right-of-wa limit on the interior of the property. <br /> (8) Pedestrian Ci ulation <br /> (a) UnI: s deemed unnecessary by t'e Planning Director during site plan <br /> re ew, large projects, defined in (b may be encouraged to provide an <br /> if ernal pedestrian circulation system, owned and maintained by the <br /> property owner. The system may be e ouraged to provide pedestrian <br /> walkways to outparcels and also within aly large parking areas. <br /> (b) For the purposes of this subsection, a large •roject is defined as one <br /> located on 2 or more acres or proposing mar: than 15,000 square feet of <br /> building area. A large parking area is one cont.:ning parking for 50 or <br /> more vehicles. <br /> (B) Ou -ide Storage of Materials Prohibited <br /> ( All outside storage of materials on lots other than those used '.ar single-family <br /> detached residential purposes is prohibited. <br /> (2) This prohibition includes the storage of goods or materials which a - not an <br /> integral part of the use of the property and which are not obviously f. sale. <br /> (3) This prohibition does not include the storage of materials where the pri ary use <br /> of the property includes the outside display of goods for sale such as <br /> automobiles, boats, mobile homes, etc., and the materials stored outside - e for <br /> sale. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-34 <br />